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Summary
An immersion into the intimacy of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the USSR. The architect of perestroika and glasnost, who was praised in the West but reviled in his own country, still combative despite his advanced age, loneliness and illness, offers his personal and political testament.
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- Thought-provoking
- Adults
- Public viewing safe
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+14)
Critics 83Audiences 69GoodWatch 78
Tomatometer83%
IMDb6.9
Running time
1 h 41 min
A typical length for documentaries, +5 min on the typical 96
typical 96101Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 8 countries
Released
2021
October 15, 2021
5 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryHistoryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
RussianMade in
France
Latvia- Czechia
Directing · 1
- Vitaly Mansky Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Aleksandr Gelman Writer
Production · 6
- Tereza Horská Executive Producer
- Ilze Pelnēna Executive Producer
- Galina Stepanova Executive Producer
- Natalia Manskaya Producer
- Vít Klusák Producer
- Filip Remunda Producer
Camera · 3
- Alexandra Ivanova Director of Photography
- Jury Felikstov Still Photographer
- Mikhail Gorobchuk Camera Operator
Editing · 2
- Evgeny Rybalko Editor
- Tomáš Daliman Color Grading
Sound · 5
- Kārlis Auzāns Original Music Composer
- Anrijs Krenbergs Sound Engineer
- Normunds Deinats Assistant Sound Editor
- Normunds Kļaviņš Foley Artist
- Jaroslav Fryš Sound Mixer
Art · 1
- Walter Werner Graphic Designer
Visual Effects · 1
- Mihail Moskalenko Animation
Other crew · 5
- Peter Gottschalk Commissioning Editor
- Kenan Aliev Commissioning Editor
- Natalya Arshavskaya Commissioning Editor
- Alena Müllerová Commissioning Editor
- Ivana Pauerová Commissioning Editor
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